"If everything is judged by personal grudges, then what’s the point of having laws?"
"Laws? When my family was slaughtered, the laws labeled us as a heretical clan, and those four families who massacred us beca heroes for eradicating evil and heretics? Is that the justice you speak of?"
"Your family was wronged, and I will give you justice. But you slaughtered three families and killed thousands of people; the law will not spare you either. Confess everything you know!"
"I have been dead for twenty years. My only belief these years has been vengeance. I know you are considered a man of your word among the strong in Jade Country. If you can give my family justice, I am willing to tell you the true purpose of Paradise Bird in Huzhou Province."
Wang Lan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. "I’m not very fond of bargaining. Rather than have you confess, I prefer Spirit Engraving."
"Star Origin Flow is indeed a celestial cultivation technique. I assure you, you won’t engrave anything from . Moreover, I cannot decide my fate, but I can decide how I die. You may defeat , but you can’t prevent from dying."
Wang Lan looked at Zhang Xiannca seriously. After a long pause, he nodded. "Agreed!"
As he spoke, his figure twisted and disappeared.
Space itself twisted, and Wang Lan’s figure erged from the distortion. Barely had he appeared when a large crowd rushed toward him.
"Greedy Wolf Crown, where is that demoness?" Wei Wuji asked anxiously.
"Mr. Wei, you seem quite eager. Could it be that you fancy her Star Origin Flow?" Wang Lan asked indifferently.
"That... How could we dare? It is said that Star Origin Flow was created by Zhang Lingxian and can allow one to cultivate into a celestial being. That demoness is probably the only one in the world who commands Star Origin Flow. It would be such a pity if such a powerful Star Martial Skill were to be lost."
"Mr. Wei, shall we talk in the living room?"
"Yes, of course. Please..."
Wang Lan took Jiang Xinyu’s hand and entered the Wei Family’s living room. Wei Wuji and two Titled Strongn were still present there.
"The attacker is nad Zhang Xiannca, and she claims to be from the Grave-keeper Clan of Zhang Lingxian. From her, I also learned so past events from twenty years ago. Mr. Wei, I advise you to confess anything you may be hiding. Otherwise, the Tianjian Bureau and I will no longer involve ourselves in your affairs."
"This... That wouldn’t be right, would it? The Tianjian Bureau can’t just stand by and watch soone die, can it?"
"The Tianjian Bureau indeed has a duty to maintain stability in its jurisdiction and deal with Star Martial Warriors who commit cris. However, I believe I still have the authority to order the Tianjian Bureau not to intervene. My principle is that personal grudges should be settled privately. If you want the Tianjian Bureau to administer justice, then speak frankly about your grievances."
"This..."
"What? When the Wei Family slaughtered an entire clan years ago, you won’t allow their descendants to take revenge now? The way of heaven dictates retribution, and I see no reason to help you."
"Greedy Wolf Crown, this is truly a misunderstanding. It really was a mistake, and we didn’t know at the beginning," Wei Wuji said hastily, waving his hands.
"Twenty years ago, a Tomb-Robbing Family obtained information about the Grave-keeper Clan from an ancient tomb. This Tomb-Robbing Family tried to steal Zhang Lingxian’s legacy but underestimated the strength of the Grave-keepers. The entire Tomb-Robbing Family t their demise, leaving only a young boy alive.
After escaping, the boy falsely claid that the Grave-keepers were an ancient evil cult that used living people for cruel sacrifices and continually created zombie puppets.
At that ti, besides our four great Star Martial clans, there were twenty other Star Martial experts, including the forr head of the Tianjian Bureau, Ren Rufeng. We followed the boy and arrived just as they were conducting so strange ritual, believing they were indeed a cult.
Later, we learned that the Grave-keepers were reclusive and had their own set of customs. The mistake had already been made. Over the years, we have been hoping to find the descendants of the Zhang Family to offer compensation..."
"I really don’t know how thick-skinned you must be to say such shaless words." Wang Lan couldn’t stand it any longer. "All these years, have you been searching for the descendants of the Zhang Family to compensate them? You were clearly coveting the legacy left by Zhang Lingxian, weren’t you? And you shalessly talk about a ’misunderstanding’ while you tortured innocent mbers of the Grave-keeper Clan to extract the secrets of Zhang Lingxian’s legacy! I’ll ask you one more ti, and this is the last ti: did you know they were the Grave-keeper Clan back then, and did you go there specifically for the secrets of Zhang Lingxian’s legacy? Is that right?"
"I..." Wei Wuji opened his mouth, but under Wang Lan’s piercing gaze, he couldn’t utter a word.
"Who else was involved or knew about that incident? Confess everything."
"It’s been twenty years..." a Titled Strongman interjected hastily.
"Yes. The Grave-keeper Clan, hundreds of lives, have awaited justice for twenty years. This redress has co far too late," Wang Lan said indifferently.
"Hand over the Kylin Jade Plaque of the Wei Family," Wang Lan said lightly.
Had it been anyone else, asking the Wei Family to hand over the Kylin Jade Plaque would have been impossible. No one else could make an ancient clan, one that had endured for millennia, admit to their cris.
But Wang Lan could. After witnessing Wang Lan’s godlike, demonic power, and after weighing the Wei Family’s own standing, Wei Wuji did not hesitate for long before obediently handing over the Kylin Jade Plaque.
"In the Wei Family, only I knew about this matter, and I alone bear all the bla. But that survivor of the Zhang Family, she annihilated the Qi, Zhao, and Han families and killed ten tis the number of people we did back then. Her sins are a hundred tis heavier than mine."
"The severity of her cris will naturally be judged by a judge." Wang Lan took out his phone and dialed a number. "Chief Liu, send so n to the Wei residence and bring a few prison wagons."
Then, Wang Lan dialed another number. "Director Jin, where is Ren Rufeng, the forr head of the Huzhou Tianjian Bureau?"
"He’s already retired. Does he have a problem?"
"He has committed serious violations of the law. Detain him."
"Alright!"
Wei Wuji’s expression changed. Even the forr head of the Tianjian Bureau was being detained—Wang Lan was serious. But weren’t bygones supposed to be bygones? It had been twenty years! And for a remnant who had already joined Paradise Bird, he was going to move against so many elders from those days?
"Greedy Wolf Crown... Although most of those involved died in battle back then, a few survived. In these twenty years, they haven’t remained idle. So have beco local figures of renown, while others have disciples and forr subordinates spread far and wide..."
"Are you trying to tell to sweep this under the rug?" Wang Lan’s smile was as bright as sunshine. "It seems you still don’t understand well enough. Playing peacemaker has never been my style. Matters of right and wrong must always be clearly distinguished."
Matters personally ordered by Wang Lan were handled very swiftly by the Tianjian Bureau. Ren Rufeng and all others who had participated in the massacre of the Grave-keeper Clan were brought before the Star Martial Court for trial.
The image of Liu Yuxin escorting his old superior, Ren Rufeng—the man who had significantly impacted his life—left a deep impression on Wang Lan. It was only at this mont that Wang Lan truly and clearly realized for the first ti just how vast his own power was.
Although he held no official position and had not truly cultivated any personal faction, his word alone could set all the nation’s clandestine departnts into motion simultaneously. And those individuals who had long wielded significant power, many of whom were now high-ranking officials of the second grade, all abandoned resistance upon learning that Wang Lan himself was spearheading the investigation.
To be so powerful that enemies would give up resistance rely upon hearing his na—perhaps this was true invincibility.
As for evidence, that was even easier to obtain. With Wei Wuji having confessed and Ren Rufeng having also co to terms with his past, the remaining five no longer concealed anything. Their lives could be sumd up by the saying: "A single misstep brings eternal regret; by the ti one looks back, a lifeti has passed."
Each of these seven individuals had lived a life that, in many respects, could be considered heroic.
They had shed blood for their country and made contributions to society. But rits are rits, and derits are derits. In their quest to obtain the secret legacy of Zhang Lingxian, they had ruthlessly slaughtered an entire clan, massacring over three hundred mbers of the Grave-keeper Clan, not even sparing infants in their swaddling clothes.
Becoming a Buddha or a demon hinges on a single thought.
If Zhang Xiannca hadn’t possessed the Twin Bloodline, she would have died back then.
The law is equal for all; past rits cannot offset current sins. The rewards for their contributions had already been given; the consequences for their transgressions, however, were only now being faced, twenty years late.
Within the Divine Might Space, by the quiet lakeside, Wang Lan and Jiang Xinyu slowly approached Zhang Xiannca from behind. "Everyone involved in the slaughter of your family has been judged. Apart from two individuals sentenced to life imprisonnt, the rest received the death penalty."
"Those two... They never killed anyone from start to finish, but they participated in the siege against my grandfather. If a few mbers of the Qi Family hadn’t held knives to my clansn’s throats, distracting my grandfather, he could have killed all of them himself."
"Are you satisfied with this outco?"
"Sigh—" Zhang Xiannca heaved a long sigh. "My clansn can finally rest in peace..."
"What is Paradise Bird’s objective?"
"Do you know why Huzhou is considered a Holy Land by the ancient Qi Cultivators? Why did those ancient Qi Cultivators favor Huzhou so much?"
"I don’t know."
"Because this is where Lady Hou Tu manifested the cycle of reincarnation and also where her divine domain lies. In ancient tis, Lady Hou Tu’s temple was located here."
"Oh?"
"And in ancient tis, Lady Hou Tu joined forces with other principal deities here to slay twenty Demon Gods. The blood of these Demon Gods stained the heavens and gathered to form a vast blood pool. This blood pool’s baleful aura soared to the skies, thick with the resentnt and fury of the slain Demon Gods. Ultimately, Lady Hou Tu sealed it within the void.
Paradise Bird has been searching in Huzhou for nearly five hundred years. They originally thought this was rely a wish, one that could never be fulfilled. But unexpectedly, they succeeded in finding it two years ago."
"Two years ago?"
"Yes. Two years ago, a Different Dinsional Space suddenly appeared. This space contained no Exotic Beasts; instead, it only emitted a red mist. Anyone who ca into contact with this mist would be driven to madness.
The blood mist continued to spread, threatening the safety of nearby residents. The Tianjian Bureau acted decisively, entering the Different Dinsional Space and successfully sealing it. However, mbers of Paradise Bird had also infiltrated the space by then and confird that it was indeed the Demon God Blood Pool."
"Since the Different Dinsional Space has already been sealed..."
"Even if sealed, it can be reopened as long as one has the spatial coordinates. However, I don’t know where this reopened Different Dinsional Space is located. After all, I am rely human. This is a paramount secret of the Demon Clan, and I am not qualified to access it."
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